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2001 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Japanese
flag	Japan
Official Name	Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Suzuka Circuit
Course_mi	3.641
Course_km	5.859
Race_No	1
Season_No	16
Date	8 April
Year	2001
Image	Suzuka circuit map (1987-2002).svg
Pole_Rider_500	Loris Capirossi
Pole_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_500	2:04.777
Fast_Rider_500	Tohru Ukawa
Fast_Rider_500_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_500	2:06.805 on lap 11
First_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_500	Garry McCoy
Second_Rider_500_Country	Australia
Third_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Third_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_250	2:07.414
Fast_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_250	2:08.658 on lap 7
First_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
First_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Second_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_250	Roberto Locatelli
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_125	2:14.686
Fast_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_125	2:15.353 on lap 14
First_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
First_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Second_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_125	Simone Sanna
Third_Rider_125_Country	Italy

The 2001 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 April 2001 at the Suzuka Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	21	44:51.501	7	25
5	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	21	+0.724	4	20
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	21	+0.956	3	16
6	JPN Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	21	+1.176	6	13
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	21	+3.256	2	11
4	BRA Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	21	+14.515	8	10
1	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	21	+22.876	9	9
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	21	+28.732	1	8
28	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	21	+34.478	11	7
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	21	+53.765	12	6
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	21	+58.688	16	5
12	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda	21	+1:17.338	17	4
9	GBR Leon Haslam	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	21	+1:17.681	20	3
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Pulse GP	Pulse	19	Retirement	21
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	16	Accident	5
68	AUS Mark Willis	Pulse GP	Pulse	15	Retirement	23
33	JPN Akira Ryō	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	12	Accident	15
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	11	Retirement	19
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	10	Accident	10
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	8	Accident	14
21	NLD Barry Veneman	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	5	Retirement	24
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	3	Retirement	22
10	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	0	Accident	13
8	GBR Chris Walker	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	0	Accident	18
14	AUS Marcus Payten	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda		Did not qualify

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda	19	41:03.596	1	25
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	19	+18.763	8	20
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	19	+18.835	3	13
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	19	+23.135	7	13
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	19	+24.423	9	11
5	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	19	+26.595	2	10
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	19	+31.142	6	9
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	19	+43.953	5	8
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	19	+45.887	11	7
46	JPN Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	19	+48.496	15	6
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	19	+53.583	12	5
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	19	+1:05.172	18	4
87	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	19	+1:05.267	14	3
12	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	19	+1:17.422	13	2
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	19	+1:18.183	25	1
42	ESP David Checa	Honda	19	+1:18.602	24
57	ITA Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	19	+1:26.040	26
20	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	19	+1:35.868	23
48	JPN Shinichi Nakatomi	Honda	19	+1:41.647	16
47	JPN Tekkyu Kayoh	TSR-Honda	19	+1:43.891	27
55	ITA Diego Giugovaz	Yamaha	19	+1:49.324	28
98	DEU Katja Poensgen	Aprilia	18	+1 lap	30
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	16	Retirement	17
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	15	Accident	21
22	ESP José David de Gea	Yamaha	14	Accident	20
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	6	Accident	4
11	ITA Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	6	Retirement	29
45	GBR Stuart Edwards	TSR-Honda	5	Retirement	31
81	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	4	Retirement	10
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	1	Accident	19
19	FRA Julien Allemand	Yamaha	0	Accident	22
49	JPN Choujun Kameya	Yamaha		Did not start
16	ESP David Tomás	Honda		Did not qualify
23	BRA César Barros	Yamaha		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	18	40:59.192	4	25
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	18	+0.067	1	20
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	18	+0.604	19	16
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	18	+0.898	6	13
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	18	+1.151	2	11
9	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	18	+1.376	3	10
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	18	+14.173	5	9
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	18	+14.632	16	8
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Honda	18	+15.735	18	7
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	18	+16.333	22	6
29	ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	18	+17.384	11	5
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	18	+17.992	9	4
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Italjet	18	+18.621	12	3
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Honda	18	+18.628	14	2
57	JPN Hiroyuki Kikuchi	Honda	18	+23.655	15	1
24	ESP Antonio Elías	Honda	18	+34.401	17
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	18	+34.521	13
26	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	18	+46.838	23
25	ESP Joan Olivé	Honda	18	+47.378	34
98	JPN Masafumi Ono	Honda	18	+48.164	25
18	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	18	+58.746	26
56	JPN Yuzo Fujioka	ERP Honda	18	+1:00.982	28
28	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	18	+1:01.962	31
10	DEU Jarno Müller	Honda	18	+1:21.581	21
14	DEU Philipp Hafeneger	Honda	18	+1:49.589	32
55	JPN Hideyuki Nakajoh	Honda	15	Retirement	10
5	JPN Noboru Ueda	TSR-Honda	14	Accident	7
31	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	14	Retirement	29
19	ITA Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	13	Retirement	30
20	ITA Gaspare Caffiero	Aprilia	12	Accident	20
34	AND Eric Bataille	Honda	11	Accident	24
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Italjet	5	Accident	8
12	ESP Raúl Jara	Aprilia	0	Retirement	35
27	ITA Marco Petrini	Honda	0	Accident	27
97	JPN Naoki Katoh	Honda	0	Accident	33

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	25
2	AUS Garry McCoy	20
3	ITA Max Biaggi	16
4	JPN Norifumi Abe	13
5	JPN Shinya Nakano	11

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	25
2	JPN Yamaha	20
3	JPN Suzuki	9
4	MYS Proton KR	5
5	NZL Pulse	0

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

(13 June 2017). "2001 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
"2001 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
"Suzuka Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(6 April 2001). "Grand Prix of Japan – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001".
(6 April 2001). "Grand Prix of Japan – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(6 April 2001). "Grand Prix of Japan – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2001). "Standings".

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